Union First Line Index of English Verse
13th-19th Century (bulk 1500-1800)
First Line:
With favor and fortune fastidiously blest,
Author (Last name, First):
Swift, Jonathan, 1667_1745
Title:
[on Sir Robert Walpole; translation of eight lines of French verse on Cardinal Fleury. Also attr. Samuel Wesley the younger; pr. 1731? (Foxon S830)]
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Last Line:
'Tis the cur-dog of Britain, and spaniel of Spain.
Library:
YO
Shelfmark:
fc.58
Folio:
p. 133
Ref Nbr:
Osborn W2399
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Names Mentioned:
Wesley, Samuel, 1691_1739
Orford, Robert Walpole, 1st earl, 1676_1745
Fleury, Andre_Hercule de, cardinal, 1653_1742
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